Kirsten, who covers the latest issue of Flare magazine, recently told the mag what acting means to her today.

“Now I have a much more mature perspective on the whole thing and it’s not some fantasyland at all,” she said. “I know what it’s like to be cooler and not as cool, and what roles did you get, and the ladders of what people expect.”

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